Buoninsegna Duccio

This small painting was part of the composition of Maeste, “Duccio, the image of the main altar of the Siena Cathedral.” This is the first of the seven prelude paintings

The founder of one of the leading schools in Italian painting of the XIV century. – Siena, Duccio di Buoninsegna worked in Florence and Siena. In his works, the artist

On April 15, 1285, the community of Maria of the Florentine church Santa Maria Novella commissioned Duchto to write a great image of the Madonna for their chapel. In the

On the front side of the board recorded on two sides, the Madonna is represented in the form of the Queen of Heaven and Queen of Siena. On both sides

In the London National Gallery, the works of Duccio are stored from his large altar composition Maeste, which he painted for the main altar of the Cathedral of Siena in

On the reverse side of the main altar of the Siena Cathedral among the scenes of the Passion of Christ, “there is a picture depicting the morning visit to the